Improvement in horse-rakes



Gy- Paw/ef H02@ Hake. A Jffafw Fama/ad 0a?, Lai/565i Fis 3 Witnesses lnvenmr PATENT OEETOEO GEORGE PALMER, OF LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specicat-on forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,269, dated October 3, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PALMER, O Littlestown, in the county Ot' Adams, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Horse-Rakes; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tO the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation Ot' the buggy horse-rake, showing a section through the spring-seat for the driver, the hand-lever to operate'the peculiarly-constructed sickleedgedyielding-hooked rake-teeth. l `ig.2shows a detached view of the right and left ratchetlever and spring for holding the rake-teeth in any desired position for use or going to and from the eld. Fig. 3 shows a section through the sickle-edged rake-tooth at the curve xx.

The object ot' my invention is to hook up, cut, and carry oit' all of the tangled clover, grass, or grain that is not cut by the mower or reaper.

Myinvention consists in having sharp sickle cutting-edges in the front side ot' hooked raketeeth.

My invention further consists in the construction, arrangement, and application of vulcanized india-rubber for a spring to the drivers seat, so that it is adjustable to t-he weight of the driver, and will not bound to throw him Ott' the seat.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improved buggy horse-rake, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

To the rear side of the axle A, on which are placed a common pair ot' light wheels, I attach abar, B, to whichIhinge any desired number of hooked metallic rake-teeth, O O, they being made and provided with sharp sickleedges c c, so that they will cut clear any runnin gvines or briers or the tangled clover, grass, or grain that lies below the cutting-edge of a mower or reaper, and thus enable the ground to be cleared ot' much that remains on the field when having been gone over with any of the best-constructed horse-rakes known Or in use.

The teeth or hooked sickles C are each held in their proper position by guides b b, placed in a bar, D, the guides b being formed ot' bent rods or staples, between which are secured blocks of vulcanized rubber, which will yield suiiciently to allow the teeth O to conform to any ordinary irregular ty ot the ground it would be required to pass over.

rlhe timber or bar D is supported on the arms E ot' a rock-shaft, c, to which the handlever E is attached, for the purpose Ot' elevating and depressing the teeth O to liberate the contents gathered by the rake.

On the lever F is a catch, f, to operate in a ratchet, G, to hold the bar D and the sickleedged rake-'teeth C in any desiredposition, the catch f being held at rest by the spring g.

The drvers sea-t H is placed upon a single standard or post. I, which passes through a hole or mortise in the center ot the axle A. Around the post I are sections of vulcanized india-rubber pipe or tube, K K, both above and below the axle A, and on the lower end of the standard I is ttted a screw, t', it having a thumb-nut, 7L, by which more or less pressure can be brought to bear on the rubber tubes K K, to prevent the seat from bounding and the spring of the seat regula-ted to snit the weight of the driver.

It will readily be seen that by my improvements much can be gathered from both the harvest and hay iields which is now lost, as the sickle-edge cutting rake-teeth not only pert'orm the same and as much as any other rake, but they also perform anew fnnction-thatot cutting as well as gathering up fallen grain and tangled and lodged clover or grass ot' any kind.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent, is A 1. The sharp-cutting sickle-edge rake-teeth, the same being constructed, arranged, and Operated in the manner as and for the purposes herein specied.

2. rlhe application ot vulcanized indi-arubber tube for the support of the drivers seat, in combination with the Inode of adjusting the same, as herein described.

GEORGE PALMER.

Witnesses:

J. B. WOODRUFF, E. R. MORRISON. 

